Just When You Thought It Wasn't Safe To Go Back To Arizona

[scaeagles]

I have not read this law, but have heard interviews with the AZ state Superintendent of Public Instruction (a democrat, btw). The issue is the curriculum, which (according to him) encourages hispanic separatism, and also calls for a return of AZ (and parts of CA and New Mexico and Texas, I bleive) to return to Mexican control.

His argument is if they want to teach that, go to a private school that is not funded by AZ tax dollars. Efforts at the state level to control various aspects of the curriculum itself has been met with fierce resistance, so the alternative was to prohibit such classes all together.

Again, this is only what I've heard in interviews from him. no links, no research, no claims to have looked at the text books myself.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I have not read this law, but have heard interviews with the AZ state Superintendent of Public Instruction (a democrat, btw). The issue is the curriculum, which (according to him) encourages hispanic separatism, and also calls for a return of AZ (and parts of CA and New Mexico and Texas, I bleive) to return to Mexican control.

His argument is if they want to teach that, go to a private school that is not funded by AZ tax dollars. Efforts at the state level to control various aspects of the curriculum itself has been met with fierce resistance, so the alternative was to prohibit such classes all together.

Again, this is only what I've heard in interviews from him. no links, no research, no claims to have looked at the text books myself.

By that logic, no public school could ever foster discussions critical of the county, state or federal government from which it receives funds. I think his argument is a hair's breadth away from, "You want to be a proud Mexican. Go back to Mexico."

It's less clear to me where all the people who want to be proud, unassimilated whites should go back to, but there must be somewhere.